To the moon and back: First SpaceX tourist booked
SpaceX hasn’t even built the rocket yet, but the first civilian space traveler has booked his trip around the moon—and he’s planning to bring friends. The passenger has been identified as Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, artist, musician, clothing designer, and entrepreneur. He’d like to invite as many as eight fellow…
Instagram in space?
NASA wants to build an internet in the solar system. The agency is working now on getting WiFi in space. It’s not easy. Connection links are fragile. Planets are very far apart. An instant message won’t be instant, even if it’s traveling at lightspeed. NASA plans to use something called…
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